Here's A Competitve Issue

[Light Years]

Something to be enjoyed in bed? Well, yes... it could be. h34r:

 

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Bob, Yes, Whine is a language. Thanks for that addendum

whine ( P ) Pronunciation Key (hwn, wn)
v. whined, whin·ing, whines
v. intr.
To utter a plaintive, high-pitched, protracted sound, as in pain, fear, supplication, or complaint about US Airways.
Of or relating to the Whine language (used in conjunction with BOHICA).
To complain or protest in a childish fashion about the Daves.
To produce a sustained noise of relatively high pitch: jet engines whining (yes, they whine too).

v. tr.
To utter with a whine the horrible way US Airways treats their employees.

 

[diogenes]

The issue is the LCC's are more productive for all work groups and we know it. To be competitive across-the-board, the company's plan to become more productive, increase flying, and average down unit costs has merit.

Here are some facts:

The current US Airways monthly pilot block hours is 53, for Southwest it's 62 and JetBlue about 69 hours per month. This needs to be increased and ALPA supports the initiative to improve productivity.

JetBlue's F/A's can fly a one-day trip from Kennedy to Long Beach and return. That's about 11 hours hard time per day. US Airways' F'A/s fly from a hub or focus city, obtain about 5.5 hours flight time per day, go to the hotel, and receive per diem. In this comparison, it takes two US Airways F/A's to perform the same work as one JetBlue F/A. Moreover, US Airways pays hotel and per diem expenses and JetBlue avoids this additional corporate expense.

Southwest's F/A's clean the cabin throughout the day, which I have done myself. It's no big deal.

United, FedEx, and Southwest outsource heavy maintenance.

Southwest has a ramp personnel job classification that cross utilizes different functions increasing productivity.

As far as the network airlines, American's W-2 wages are about 13% less than US Airways and United's flight crews get paid hard time only with no "duty rigs".

Respectfully,

USA320Pilot

As CWA and IAM-F already have those features in the contract, we get to forego additional bloodletting?